Oct. 24, 2008
Leadership and Caring for Others
Posted in Narrations
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In 1916, Ernest Shackleton was on a ship to Antarctica so that he and his crew could be the first people to cross the continent on foot. But as they were nearing the coast, the water froze around the ship. The hull split from the pressure and the crew were forced to row for the nearest shoreline in a lifeboat. They finally landed on a barren piece of land called Elephant Island. If it weren't for Ernest Shackleton, who sailed for shore in a longboat, hiked across desolate, mountainous terrain to reach the populated side of South George Island, all of his men would have perished. But thanks to Ernest Shackleton, not a single man left this world. From, Boyhood and beyond by Bob Schultz |
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